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FotoFocus is pleased to announce Matt Black as the latest speaker in its Lecture and Visiting Artist Series. This event is free and open to the public but registration is kindly requested. A reception will immediately follow the talk in the Marek-Weaver Family Commons.

Guests with an RSVP are strongly encouraged to arrive between 6–6:15pm for first choice seating. Walk-in guests will be invited to select remaining seats beginning at 6:15pm.

Details

Thursday, March 26, 2026 at 6:30pmCincinnati Art Museum, Fath Auditorium953 Eden Park Dr, Cincinnati, OH 45202

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In advance of their FotoFocus Symposium keynote, photographer Mitch Epstein and art historian Robert Slifkin discuss how photography is shaped by economies as well as the paradox between its use as a tool to raise awareness in times of catastrophe rather than taking direct action. This year’s FotoFocus Symposium theme, Photo-Economics, asks us to consider how photography is both an art form and an economy and how it can tow the line between art and activism.

“The thing... Continue reading Symposium Keynote Preview: Mitch Epstein and Robert Slifkin Consider Photography as Economy and its Role in Activism

The conversations during the FotoFocus Symposium's morning session, Material Economics, consider the materials at the heart of photographic practice—silver, platinum, bitumen, paper, and chemicals—and the economic, social, and environmental histories they carry. For some, this means tracing photography back to the mines and factories where these substances originate. For others, it means looking closely at how those materials age, sustain over time, and are preserved.

To understand how materials shape the life of the photograph, we turned to two Symposium participants who have spent their careers studying and working with photographic matter itself. Lee Ann Daffner, Andrew W. Mellon... Continue reading Material Matters: A Q&A with Lee Ann Daffner and Alison Rossiter

FotoFocus has launched a Call for Entry for the upcoming 2026 FotoFocus Biennial: The Long View, welcoming lens-based artists to apply for inclusion in an exhibition at the Contemporary Arts Center (CAC). Going live today, September 11, this Call for Entry will align with the Biennial theme, The Long View.

Cincinnati, OH (September 11, 2025) — FotoFocus is pleased to announce a Call for Entry for the upcoming 2026 FotoFocus Biennial: The Long View, welcoming lens-based artists to apply for inclusion in an exhibition at... Continue reading FotoFocus Announces “Call for Entry” for 2026 Biennial: The Long View

With keynote conversation between Mitch Epstein and Robert Slifkin, and talks featuring Lauren Bon, Lee Ann Daffner, Katy Grannan, Danielle Jackson, Alison Rossiter, and others

Mitch Epstein, Ashton Clatterbuck, Lancaster, Pennsylvania, 2018. ©Black River Productions, Ltd./Mitch Epstein. Courtesy of Sikkema Malloy Jenkins and Yancey Richardson

Cincinnati, OH (August 21, 2025) — FotoFocus announces its Fall 2025 Symposium: Photo-Economics, an all-day event on Saturday, October 4, 2025, at... Continue reading FotoFocus Announces Fall 2025 Symposium: Photo-Economics